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Post  DeadApe 25th February 2010, 6:04 pm

To place an image in a field, copy the link and put IMG tags around it.

Weapons:

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Character Creation 15henmb - https://2img.net/h/oi46.tinypic.com/15henmb.png
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Character Creation Arv48 - https://2img.net/h/oi47.tinypic.com/arv48.png

Gear:
Character Creation 2drcapf(Carry more items) - https://2img.net/h/oi47.tinypic.com/2drcapf.png
Character Creation 20g1hzs(Protects against bullets) - https://2img.net/h/oi46.tinypic.com/20g1hzs.png
Character Creation 2llzpsp(Increased Scavenging Ability) - https://2img.net/h/oi47.tinypic.com/2llzpsp.png
Character Creation 33y1jc6(Fully Heals Player) - https://2img.net/h/oi45.tinypic.com/33y1jc6.png
Character Creation 2j4wozo(Riot Control Ability) - https://2img.net/h/oi47.tinypic.com/2j4wozo.png
Character Creation 30u5tua(Walky Talkies) - https://2img.net/h/oi50.tinypic.com/30u5tua.png
Character Creation 2lljbdu(Grenades) - https://2img.net/h/oi49.tinypic.com/2lljbdu.png
Character Creation 4v4xsw(Molotov Cocktails) - https://2img.net/h/oi49.tinypic.com/4v4xsw.png
Character Creation S4c4tz (Handcuffs) - https://2img.net/h/oi47.tinypic.com/s4c4tz.png

Classes are still open to creative abilities and equipment. Just write it out, and PM me for an image.


TEMPLATE (These are the fields you need to fill out)

Character Name:
Class:
Archetype:
Equipment:
Abilities:
Alignment:
Back story (optional):

ALIGNMENT

Alignment is the system used in Role playing games, specifically Dungeons and Dragons. It basically outlines your characters morals and ethics.

Here are the choices:

Lawful Good
Neutral Good
Chaotic Good
Lawful Neutral
Neutral
Chaotic Neutral
Lawful Evil
Neutral Evil
Chaotic Evil

Read this article that summarizes the system.

Your alignment during ZRP applies to how your character acts during the game. This determines if he/she is someone who works well within a group, can follow orders, cares for the lives of others, or works well alone, wills to harm other players and does not care for others. By choosing your alignment for your character you MUST act according to what you chose. For example if you are a lawfully good character you should NEVER kill another player on purpose. Your alignment and other traits for your character including equipment may change, in order to do this delete your original post and re-post it. Do not use the "edit" option because your change will go under the radar and nobody will notice.

ARCHETYPE
There are three archetypes.
-Enforcer: Classes that specialize in combat. Ex. Soldier.
-Medic: Classes that specialize in healing. Ex. Doctor, Priest
-Support: Classes that work especially well with groups. There abilities benefit a team and can be necessary for long term survival.

There must be AT LEAST one of each archetype in a ZRP game.


WEAPON SYSTEM
The old weapon level system is gone. It was stupid and too confusing. From now we are keeping it simple by specifying which weapons players can use. This means that classes can use:

Assault Rifles, SMG's, Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Handguns, Grenades, Molotov Cocktails.

Most of the time it wont be specified "which" assault rifle/smg/shotgun ect. This is because it can be difficult getting that specific weapon in a ZRP game. You must write which weapons your character can use. The soldier is one of the only characters who has the ability to use every weapon on the first day. After the first day (if you survive 1 full game) you have the ability to use any weapon no matter what class you are. If you die you restart from day 1.

Medics are prone to using melee combat, handguns (specifically glock), and SMG's.
Enforcers can use any of the weapons but no character can use all of them.
Support classes are prone to melee combat, handguns, SMS, Snipers, and projectiles.


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Post  MrKurt2012 25th February 2010, 7:22 pm

Character Name: Lucas Kane[Fattyboy122]

Class: Swat

Archetype: Enforcer
Equipment:Character Creation 23m8tj Character Creation 20g1hzs
Abilities: Character Creation 2j4wozo

Alignment: Lawful good
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Post  zombie dude 25th February 2010, 8:17 pm

ENFORCER

Name: John "MagicMan" Jones
Class: Drifter
Equipment: Character Creation 2rqbkgl Character Creation 2drcapf
Abilities:
Alignment: Chaos Good
guns able to use: pump shotgun, pistol

MEDIC

Name: John "The Man of Magic" Jones
Class: Sports Physician
Equipment: Character Creation 33y1jc6 Character Creation 33y1jc6 baseball bat if available.
Abilities: Heal others on the go (not to sure if he can give health packs but when he heals on the go he uses his own instead of the person he is healing)
Alignment: Neutral Good
Guns able to use: any melee weapon

SUPPORT

Name: John Jones
Class: Magician
Equipment: Character Creation 4v4xsw
Abilities: Character Creation 2llzpsp
Alignment: Evil Neutral
Guns able to use: fire bottle


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Post  MrKurt2012 25th February 2010, 8:31 pm

VINCIEHALO wrote:What is an IMG tag?

These 2 things to the right are image tags -> [img][/img] and whatever you put in between them gets displayed as an image. Like if you put this img link of the mp5 https://2img.net/h/oi45.tinypic.com/23m8tj.png between them the mp5 would show up.
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Post  sgt zombie23 25th February 2010, 8:56 pm

Character Name: sgt zombie23

Class: Medical Student

Archetype: Medic

Equipment: Character Creation Eiuz4n Character Creation 33y1jc6

Abilities: Can drain blood reducing time untill zombification reduced by one hour. Can take the ability of any other Medic Archetype in his group.

Alignment: Neutral good.


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Post  SiwyCK 25th February 2010, 10:01 pm

so u mean that by naming characters, we gunna have to stick with only one class? like lets say that im a soldier, im gunna have to be one in every ZRP game?
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Post  DeadApe 25th February 2010, 10:08 pm

VINCIEHALO wrote:Name:Corporal Roycewics
Class:Soldier
Archetype:Enforcer
Equipment:Character Creation 2lljbdu

Primary:Character Creation 2gubara
Sidearm:Character Creation T7j3lw
Other:Character Creation Arv48
Alignment:Lawful Good

Might be too overpowering. Take grenades out.

sgt zombie23 wrote:Character Name: Oswald Albertson (sgt zombie23

Class: Medical Student

Archetype: Medic

Equipment: Character Creation Eiuz4n Character Creation 33y1jc6

Abilities: Can drain blood reducing time untill zombification reduced by one hour. Can take the ability of any other Medic Archetype in his group.

Alignment: Neutral good.

I like it. How do you take the ability of other medics though? Like how is it done.

BLACK SNOW 13 wrote:Character Name: Max (demolition)
Class: Soldier
Archetype: Enforcer
Equipment:Character Creation 23m8tjCharacter Creation 2lljbduCharacter Creation 2lljbdu
Abilities:Character Creation 2drcapf
Alignment: Chaotic Evil Twisted Evil
Back story: Favorite quote, "Needs more explosion."
Doesn't trust anyone in the city, he was just sent in to destroy any moving thing but is willing to spare a life, for a price.

This class is a bit overpowered. I would take one set of grenades out and the backback. So its an SMG and a set of grenades.

SivyCK wrote:so u mean that by naming characters, we gunna have to stick with only one class? like lets say that im a soldier, im gunna have to be one in every ZRP game?

No, you can change it, but we are hoping to bring ZRP to be a more long term experience, with players surviving multiple games (although hard.)
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Post  VINCIEHALO 25th February 2010, 10:12 pm

Name:Corporal Roycewics
Class:Soldier
Archetype:Enforcer
Equipment:Character Creation 20g1hzs

Primary:Character Creation 2gubara


Sidearm:Character Creation T7j3lw


Other:Character Creation Arv48
Alignment:Lawful Good

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Post  BLACK SNOW 13 25th February 2010, 10:24 pm

Character Name: Max (demolition)
Class: Soldier
Archetype: Enforcer
Equipment:Character Creation 23m8tjCharacter Creation 2lljbduCharacter Creation Eiuz4n
Abilities:N/A
Alignment: Chaotic Evil Twisted Evil
Back story: Favorite quote, "Needs more explosion."
Doesn't trust anyone in the city, he was just sent in to destroy any moving thing but is willing to spare a life, for a price.
amidoinitrite?


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Post  Namorg 25th February 2010, 10:26 pm

Character Name: Namorg
Class: Infiltrator

Archetype: enforcer

Equipment: Character Creation 23m8tj

sidearm: Character Creation T7j3lw

Abilities:
Character Creation 4v4xsw

Alignment: chaotic neutral
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Post  Kush Befor Dusk 25th February 2010, 10:40 pm

Character Name: Ryan Richards ( Kush befor dusk)

Class: Military Scout

Archetype: Enforcer

Equipment: Character Creation 2drcapf
Character Creation 30u5tua

Primary: Character Creation 2ms52rn

Sidearm: Character Creation T7j3lw

Alignment: Chaotic Good


By the way, in case you think its over powered with the deagle, its the only close range weapon this character will have
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Post  sgt zombie23 25th February 2010, 11:07 pm

sgt zombie23 wrote:Character Name: Oswald Albertson (sgt zombie23

Class: Medical Student

Archetype: Medic

Equipment: Character Creation Eiuz4n Character Creation 33y1jc6

Abilities: Can drain blood reducing time untill zombification reduced by one hour. Can take the ability of any other Medic Archetype in his group.

Alignment: Neutral good.

I like it. How do you take the ability of other medics though? Like how is it done.

Medical STudent can learn from other Medic Archetypes because the class is a student just thought it could learn the skills or somthing.
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Post  BoomerSooner742 25th February 2010, 11:15 pm

Character Name: Bubba
Class: Redneck
Archetype: Enforcer
Back story : A farmer from the "Deep South" who came to libert city for a farm convention
Alignment: Chaiotic Nuetral
Back story : A farmer from the "Deep South" who came to libert city for a farm convention.
Equipment: [img]https://2img.net/h/oi46.tinypic.com/ejuz4n.png[img]
[img]https://2img.net/h/oi46.tinypic.com/15henmb.png[img]
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Post  BoomerSooner742 25th February 2010, 11:23 pm

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck images!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post  Meatshield718 25th February 2010, 11:47 pm

BoomerSooner742 wrote:Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck images!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last image tag is "[/img]"

I'll post a support class considering no one has Razz


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Post  DeadApe 26th February 2010, 12:01 am

Namorg wrote:Character Name: Namorg
Class: Infiltrator

Archetype: enforcer

Equipment: Character Creation 23m8tj

sidearm: Character Creation T7j3lw

Abilities:
Character Creation 4v4xsw

Alignment: chaotic neutral

Overpowered

Kush-Befor-Dusk wrote:Character Name: Ryan Richards ( Kush befor dusk)

Class: Military Scout

Archetype: Enforcer

Equipment: Character Creation 2drcapf
Character Creation 30u5tua

Primary: Character Creation 2ms52rn

Sidearm: Character Creation T7j3lw

Alignment: Chaotic Good


By the way, in case you think its over powered with the deagle, its the only close range weapon this character will have

Overpowered. The deagle is incredibly powerful. Through scavenging its possible you will find other weapons.

sgt zombie23 wrote:
sgt zombie23 wrote:Character Name: Oswald Albertson (sgt zombie23

Class: Medical Student

Archetype: Medic

Equipment: Character Creation Eiuz4n Character Creation 33y1jc6

Abilities: Can drain blood reducing time untill zombification reduced by one hour. Can take the ability of any other Medic Archetype in his group.

Alignment: Neutral good.

I like it. How do you take the ability of other medics though? Like how is it done.

Medical STudent can learn from other Medic Archetypes because the class is a student just thought it could learn the skills or somthing.

Right, but HOW do you get abilities? Like, how do you acquire them? Once you meet another medic you immediately earn the ability? Is the ability the full scale version, or is it cut back?

To everyone making classes: You guys are all making high tier characters. The soldier should be the most powerful enforcer in the room. If your character is more powerful than that, something is wrong.
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Post  Meatshield718 26th February 2010, 12:05 am

Character Name: Bill Freedom
Class: Politician
Archetype: Support
Equipment: Character Creation 2llzpsp (In Government buildings and Police Stations)

Character Creation 20g1hzs

Character Creation 33y1jc6

Character Creation Arv48
Abilities: Increased Scavenging ability in government buildings and Police Stations. Can use persuasion to make neutral characters join him, and evil characters walk away without shooting him.

Quest: Destroy possible terrorists/ corrupt Military or Politicians within the city. (Team may scavenge and keep everything the enemy is carrying, corrupt Politicians or terrorists leading a group may do the same to any group lead by the Politician.

Alignment: Lawful Good
Back story : If there was anyone doing anything correctly in American Government, it was Bill Freedom. He knew what to do for America, and knows when politicians are corrupt and give in to bribe. After being elected as Senator six times, the zombie outbreak rolled on in, and a new set of chaotic rules set in. His job is to set American right again, and take the wastelands into a new America, and bring order to the Anarchy in Liberty city.
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Post  sgt zombie23 26th February 2010, 12:16 am

sgt zombie23 wrote:
sgt zombie23 wrote:Character Name: Oswald Albertson (sgt zombie23

Class: Medical Student

Archetype: Medic

Equipment: Character Creation Eiuz4n Character Creation 33y1jc6

Abilities: Can drain blood reducing time untill zombification reduced by one hour. Can take the ability of any other Medic Archetype in his group.

Alignment: Neutral good.

I like it. How do you take the ability of other medics though? Like how is it done.

Medical STudent can learn from other Medic Archetypes because the class is a student just thought it could learn the skills or somthing.

Right, but HOW do you get abilities? Like, how do you acquire them? Once you meet another medic you immediately earn the ability? Is the ability the full scale version, or is it cut back?

To everyone making classes: You guys are all making high tier characters. The soldier should be the most powerful enforcer in the room. If your character is more powerful than that, something is wrong.

Ok i see what you mean ok maybe after a hour of time spending with the character he wants to copy he can with permission of the other character all abilitys are copied also should i put in that the charaecter can heal other players or is that a common skill?


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Post  Namorg 26th February 2010, 12:24 am

Character Name: Namorg

Class: Homeless Hippie

Archetype: support

Equipment: Character Creation Arv48

Character Creation 4v4xsw

Abilities:Character Creation 2llzpsp

Alignment: neutral

Back story (optional): Never made it anywhere in life so he ended up sleeping under a bridge. Since hes an alcoholic he has many spare bottles to make himself Molotov cocktails. His years of experience as a homeless made him an expert scavenger. Although he finds things useless to him, he can give it out to other players
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Post  El Mexi Can 915 26th February 2010, 12:30 am

Character Name: Danny "Mexi Can" Perez 
Class: Gangsta 
Archetype: Enforcer 
Equipment:Character Creation T7j3lw Character Creation 20g1hzs
Abilities:Character Creation 2llzpsp
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Back story: Danny grew up in the streets around gangs & drugs where he earned the name "Mexi Can". He knows the streets very well and even though he means well, he understands what it takes to survive, even if it means letting someone else die.
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Post  DeadApe 26th February 2010, 12:38 am

@ mexican

That's pretty much a beefed up detective.

"Enforcers are less likely to have abilities."

I would say drop the scavenge ability, but that's still a civilian with a deagle and body armor.
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Post  El Mexi Can 915 26th February 2010, 12:44 am

Well I didn't want my character to be an enforcer I just put it cuz the other 2 didn't fit. So should I change the archetype and ability?
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Post  mboddz751 26th February 2010, 12:49 am

Name: Mboddz

Class: LCPD NOOSE

Archtype: Enforcer

Primary: Character Creation 2gubara

Secondary: Character Creation Eiuz4n

Equipment: Character Creation 20g1hzs


alignment: Lawful Good

abilites: Trouble on the Homefront- has a higher chance of finding ammo at police stations

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Class: Black Market Doctor

Archtype: Medic

Primary: Character Creation T7j3lw

Secondary: Character Creation Arv48

Equipment: Character Creation 33y1jc6 Character Creation 33y1jc6

Alignment: Neutral

Abilities: That of a regular doctor

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Class: Trader

Archtype: Support

Primary: Character Creation Eiuz4n

Equipment: Character Creation 2drcapf

Character Creation 2llzpsp

Character Creation 33y1jc6

Alignment: Neutral Good

Ability: Can trade scavenged items with other survivors


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Post  DeadApe 26th February 2010, 12:53 am

@ mboddz

Walkie Talkies are too much.


@ EVERYONE

EVERYONE GO BACK AND MAKE 3 DIFFERENT CLASSES. ONE FOR EACH ARCHETYPE. It'd be better if you deleted your first one and re-posted your 3 classes.
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Post  BLACK SNOW 13 26th February 2010, 1:24 am

DeadApe wrote:


@ EVERYONE

EVERYONE GO BACK AND MAKE 3 DIFFERENT CLASSES. ONE FOR EACH ARCHETYPE. It'd be better if you deleted your first one and re-posted your 3 classes.
You can't delete post after someone else has post. You are going to have to delete the others.... Neutral
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